Malissa Silver

Female11 May 1834–15 September 1851

Brief Life History of Malissa

When Malissa Silver was born on 11 May 1834, in Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Christopher Silver, was 37 and her mother, Marinda Loveland, was 30. She lived in Mount Pleasant, Green, Wisconsin, United States in 1850. She died on 15 September 1851, in Green, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 17, and was buried in Exeter Cemetery, Exeter, Green, Wisconsin, United States.

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Family Time Line

Christopher Silver
1797–1881
Marinda Loveland
1803–1896
Sarah Silver
1821–1905
Artimus Silver
1822–1907
Lewis Silver
1824–1848
Gilbert Silver
1826–1848
Rachel Silver
1831–1847
Malissa Silver
1834–1851
Eliza Jane Silver
1836–1848
Azariah Silver
1838–1906
Clarissa Silver
1840–1903
Willis Silver
1842–1922
Ann Celestia Silver
1844–1906
Alonzo Clark Silver
1847–

Sources (3)

  • Melissa Silver in household of Christopher Silver, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Melissa Silver, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Find A Grave

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Siblings (12)

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World Events (3)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Age 2

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1836

Age 2

The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin - Sept 3, 1836 Treaty Treaty of the Cedars was concluded on the Fox River on September 3, 1836. The Menominee Nation ceded nearly 4 million acres of land for the following items every year for twenty years: $3,000 worth of food provisions, 2,000 lbs. of tobacco, 30 barrels of salt, agricultural supplies, and $500 per year. (Wisconsin Historical Society)

1846

Age 12

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Hyman, Meyer, Emanuel, Myer, Hymen, Isadore, Yetta, Avrum, Dorit, Dov.

English: nickname from Middle English silver(e) ‘silver’, for someone with silver-colored hair, a rich man, or a silversmith.

English: habitational name from Monksilver in Somerset, or one or more other places called with Old English seolfor ‘silver’, especially when referring to the appearance of a stream.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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